Otoplasty

Otoplasty refers to cosmetic surgery of the ears. The most common otoplasty procedure involves bringing the ears closer to the head, sometimes referred to as “ear pinning”. Other procedures involve reducing the size of very big ears, or reshaping various bends in the cartilage.

For many ear operations, one or more incisions are made to give access to the structures to be sculpted. The main, and often only, incision is hidden in the crease behind the ear through which the cartilage is manipulated and reshaped. In ear reduction otoplasty incisions are usually hidden near folds in the front of the ear.

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